El Poeta Enamorado

The Poet in Love

El Poeta Enamorado

Sad storyTriste historia
And a poet in loveY un poeta enamorado
Several years exiledVarios años exiliado
Who has lost his mindQue ha perdido la razón

Face to faceFrente a frente
They didn't measure their wordsNo midieron las palabras
They resorted to weaponsRecurrieron a las armas
And aimed at the heartY apuntar al corazón

He dreamedÉl soñaba
Night after night in his poetryNoche a noche en su poesía
Which he wrote with pityQue con lástima escribía
As it served him no purposePues de nada le sirvió

And she, on the other handY ella en cambio
Was so cold and so strongEra tan fría y tan fuerte
That not even the latent versesQue ni los versos latentes
Returned to their drawerVolvieron a su cajón

And she drankY se bebió
The wordsLas palabras
Of the poet in loveDel poeta enamorado
Like drops with which she ventedComo gotas con las que se desahogó

And give lifeY dale vida
Sweet genius to another poetryDulce genio a otra poesía
That Raquel's poem bled outQue el poema de Raquel se desangró
That Raquel's poem bled outQue el poema de Raquel se desangró

SlowlyLentamente
He made the stop and his suitcaseHizo el alto y su maleta
Little by little his jacketPoco a poco su chaqueta
He was feeling the painIba sintiendo el dolor

And at that momentY al momento
He was the first to collapseFue el primero en derrumbarse
Just before leavingJusto antes de marcharse
He wrote a tearUna lágrima escribió

So many yearsTantos años
Sharing with herCompartiendo junto a ella
And now in search of another starY ahora en busca de otra estrella
The bohemian leftEl bohemio se largó

And she, on the other handY ella en cambio
Was so cold and so strongEra tan fría y tan fuerte
That not even the latent versesQue ni los versos latentes
Returned to their drawerVolvieron a su cajón

And she drankY se bebió
The wordsLas palabras
Of the poet in loveDel poeta enamorado
Like drops with which she ventedComo gotas con las que se desahogó

And give lifeY dale vida
Sweet genius to another poetryDulce genio a otra poesía
That Raquel's poem bled outQue el poema de Raquel se desangró
That Raquel's poem bled outQue el poema de Raquel se desangró